Bataan

Also known as Province of Bataan

Bataan (, , ), officially the Province of Bataan, is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Balanga while Mariveles is the largest town in the province. Occupying the entire Bataan Peninsula on Luzon, Bataan is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The peninsula faces the South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay to the north-west, and encloses Manila Bay to the east.

Key facts

Settlement.image_caption: From left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Bataan Provincial Capitol Building, Mount Samat National Shrine, Bataan Death March Zero-Kilometer Marker, St. Dominic Parish in Abucay, the Freeport Area of Bataan, the Flaming Sword obelisk at Pilar, the Plaza Mayor de Balanga
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Settlement.image_seal: Ph seal bataan2.png
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Settlement.map_caption: Location in the Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 11 January 1757
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Balanga
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.leader_name: Jose Enrique S. Garcia III (PFP)
Settlement.leader_title1: Vice Governor
Settlement.name: Bataan
Settlement.leader_name1: Ma. Cristina M. Garcia (PFP)
Settlement.leader_title2: Legislature
Settlement.leader_name2: Bataan Provincial Board

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Bataan é um província de primeira classe de renda da província (d) na região Luzon Central, nas Filipinas. De acordo com o censo de 1 de maio de 2020 possui uma população de 853 373 pessoas e 208 941 domicílios. A sua capital é Balanga. Bataan que ocupa toda a Península de Bataan na ilha de Luzon, sendo parte da região central da ilha, com uma área de 1373 km² Sua fundada em 1754. Bataan faz fronteira ao norte com as províncias de Zambales e Pampanga e é banhada ao leste pelo Mar do Sul da China e a oeste pela Baía de Manila. Seu ponto mais alto (1253m) é o ; ao sul, encontram-se as Montanhas Mariveles, onde se ergue o Monte Samat, local histórico de partida da infame Marcha da Morte durante a II Guerra Mundial.

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